Synthese News 16 Jul 201116 Jul 2011 This post will give updates of the boycott status and I will move it to the top when it is updated. Update: Mohan Matthen asks if we are increasingly finding legal intervention in academic publishing. PD Magnus withdraws a paper from a Synthese special issue. The Status Page is now here. From here on, I will note updates on this page only, and move older links to the Page. Academe Creationism and Intelligent Design Philosophy Philosophy
Philosophy Ithaca 1 Oct 2009 ?? ????? ???? ??????? ??? ??? ?????, ?? ??????? ?? ‘??? ?????? ? ??????, ??????? ???????????, ??????? ??????? When you depart for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. [C. P. Cavafy, found courtesy of John Lynch] Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Why eat meat? 6 May 20126 May 2012 A while back, the New York Times held a blog competition on justifications for eating meat, in 600 words or less. I submitted mine, but I bet it didn’t get far up the selection tree, as the winner is effectively a popular piece rather than a philosophical justification, and so… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Are creationists rational? 28 Apr 2009 My Synthese essay has finally been published [paywall], in which I argue that on the basis of the more realistic notion of rationality devised by Herbert Simon, called “bounded rationality”, certain heuristics are liable to lead people to rationally choose to believe in creationism under the right conditions. It’s a… Read More